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International Protection

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 December 2021

Tuesday, 7 December 2021

Ceisteanna (416)

Pa Daly

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416. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 19 October 2021, the engagements that have occurred with approved housing bodies in relation to sourcing accommodation for international protection applicants. [60528/21]

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The Transition Team established in my Department to drive the implementation of the White Paper is currently working on establishing the foundation for the new accommodation model for International Protection applicants. This includes devising an ownership model for the accommodation that will be acquired and a funding scheme to enable Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) and other not-for-profit organisations to act as our delivery partners.

Engagement has been with the Housing Agency with regard to the purchasing of accommodation for International Protection applicants. Work is being undertaken to develop a funding scheme for which AHBs will be able to bid to source accommodation for International Protection applicants. Once the scheme has been developed, there will be engagement with AHBs in early 2022 to promote the scheme to them so that they can begin to use it from 2022 onward to source accommodation.

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